noun, feminine/ˈlut͡ʃa/plural: luchas
fight, fighting, fray; struggle, battle (in the figurative sense), strife, striving; wrestling; control, enforcement, fight (e.g. disease control, tobacco control, drug control)
“Y ahora el pueblo / que se alza en la lucha / con voz de gigante / gritando: ¡adelante!”
Synonyms: pelea, riña, batalla, pancracio
Inherited from Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor (whence English reluctant and ineluctable). Compare Catalan lluita, Galician loita, French lutte, Italian lotta and Romanian luptă.